William Stafford excerpt from “You Reading This, Be Ready” from THE WAY IT IS: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS. Copyright © 1998 by the Estate of William Stafford. Reprinted with the permission of Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, www.graywolfpress.org.

“No Measuring Up” from THE COMPLETE TASSAJARA COOKBOOK by Edward Espe Brown, copyright © 2009. Published by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc., Boston. www.Shambhala.com.

Excerpt from “Childhood Friends” by Rumi from THE ESSENTIAL RUMI, translated by Coleman Barks. Copyright © 1995 by Coleman Barks, used with permission.

“The Guest House” by Rumi from THE ILLUMINATED RUMI, translated by Coleman Barks. Copyright © 1997 by Coleman Barks, used with permission.

“A pearl goes up for auction…” by Rumi from RUMI: THE BIG RED BOOK, translated by Coleman Barks. Copyright © 2010 by Coleman Barks, used with permission.

“How did the rose ever open its heart…” from the Penguin publication THE GIFT, POEMS BY HAFIZ, copyright © 1999 Daniel Ladinsky and used with his permission.

“Today, like every other day, we wake up empty…” by Rumi from THE ILLUMINATED RUMI, translated by Coleman Barks. Copyright © 1997 by Coleman Barks, used with permission.

“Love has befriended Hafiz so completely…” from the Penguin publication THE GIFT, POEMS BY HAFIZ, copyright © 1999 Daniel Ladinsky and used with his permission.

“Escape”, from THE COMPLETE POEMS OF D. H. LAWRENCE by D. H. Lawrence, edited by V. de Sola Pinto & F. W. Roberts, copyright © 1964, 1971 by Angelo Ravagli and C. M. Weekley, Executors of the Estate of Frieda Lawrence Ravagli. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.